MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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